Sadly, there wasn’t anyone in the neurology office who could take a video of the staple-removing process, so maybe letting me keep these was some sort of consolation prize? So here are pictures of my head after getting home from surgery and then after the doctor removed the staples.
The doctor initially asked how I was feeling, I said I was fine, and she was a little surprised. I guess a lot of people who come into the office at this point in the process are dealing with headaches, things like that. She also added that she was surprised how long my hair was after just two weeks of having it buzzed down to barely more than stubble. Given that information, the scars could be almost entirely concealed by the time they switch the computer to active mode in December. (I’m hoping that it’ll be a simple process and they won’t need to buzz all of my hair off a third time.)
Things I’ve learned since this afternoon: when uploading seizure data to the cloud, it was easier to figure out where to place the wand against my head when I could just line it up to the edge of the staples. Ever since I was a kid, I’ve had the terrible habit of picking at scabs before they’re fully healed and that habit apparently applies to scabs on the top of my head as well. And when a doctor says no one can take a video of her removing the staples from your head because the only other person in the office is at the front desk and she’s not supposed to leave there, it’s not a guarantee that she’ll be at the front desk when you leave said office.